About The Morning News

The Morning News (TMN) is an online magazine of essays, art, humor, and culture published weekdays since 1999. In addition to our features, each day includes our morning and afternoon headlines, with links to the most interesting news items, articles, and oddities around the web.

Each March, TMN also hosts the Tournament of Books, “the best literary prize in existence” (MobyLives), a literary event going into its 10th round in 2014. In the Tournament, the previous year’s finest novels are subjected to a four-week, March Madness-style battle, and the winner is awarded/threatened with a live rooster. “[Set] apart from more staid and traditional book contests,” (Los Angeles Times), the Tournament is “a rare pocket of civility and informed intelligence” (Salon) and “literary ‘blood sport’ at its best” (Utne). It’s also a lot of fun.

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